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▪ I. radiogram1|ˈreɪdɪəʊgræm|
[f. radio- + -gram.]
1. = radiograph n. 2.
1896Photogram Apr. 105 Another title,..suggested by Dr. Hill-Norris, appears to us..much superior..and we propose to call prints made by radiography ‘radiograms’. 1898Isenthal & Ward Pract. Radiogr. 101 For developing radiograms, almost any of the usual developers may be employed. 1921A. V. Knox in A. V. & R. Knox Gen. Pract. & X-Rays i. i. 21 A radiogram may be defined as a shadow-picture of structures lying in different planes reproduced on a flat surface. 1962G. Cremer-Bartels in A. Pirie Lens Metabolism Rel. Cataract 444 (caption) Radiogram after digestion with phosphatase. 1975B. Wood Killing Gift (1976) i. 13 She could be crippled if that hip is broken and I don't set it. And if I have to set it without a radiogram, I can't be sure of doing it properly.
2. = radio-telegram.
1904Prelim. Conf. Wireless Telegr. Berlin 1903 10 It seems to us inadvisable..to insist on the interchange of radiograms between ships on the high sea. 1925H. L. Foster Trop. Tramp Tourists 172 Radiogram just came in. The railway can only furnish us with six cars. 1929Star 21 Aug. 12/4 The wireless message was in reply to the following radiogram. 1938E. Waugh Scoop i. v. 90 William hastened to consult him about a radiogram which had arrived that morning. 1949Radio Times 15 July 6/1 I'm from the radio room. Here's a radiogram for you. 1966McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. XIII. 423/2 In overseas communication, telegraph messages usually are referred to as cablegrams or radiograms, depending on the overseas transmission medium. 1980L. St. Clair Obsessions ii. 58 Helen had replied with her own radiogram: ‘What's wrong? No shipboard romance?’
▪ II. radiogram2|ˈreɪdɪəʊgræm|
Abbrev. of next.
1932G. Wilson Gramophones viii. 43 If you have no electricity in your house you should avoid the radio-gram. 1933Sunday Referee 2 July 16/2 In the living-room..is a ply-wood built-in book-case, at one end of which is..a built-in electric radiogram and loud-speaker. 1935M. Egan Dominant Sex iii i. 86 She switches on the radiogram and dances gaily for her own amusement. 1938Auden & Isherwood On Frontier ii. ii. 77 Valerian and Stahl..are listening to the Leader's speech on the radiogram. 1945J. Betjeman New Bats in Old Belfries 31 Softly croons the radiogram, loudly hoot the owls. 1970J. Earl Tuners & Amplifiers i. 21 The old-style radiogram with inbuilt speakers..rarely yields good stereo reproduction. 1977Gramophone Jan. 1217/1 The widespread development of the music centre as successor to the radiogram. |